Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-09

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mother, Mrs. Eliza Smith in London, j
to receive $4,000, and the balance of tn,
estate is left to her husband, Nat. Good
win.
Annie Pixley is coming to Californi;
this summer and may play an engage
ment in this city.
Roland Reed with his fine compan,
played to moderate business here, We
trash like Uncle Tom two nights previous
played to 81 900: but Reed plays ont
night on his return trip, and | predict {
large house. Clara Morris did poorly
ANY snide combination draws we'll, bu
talent gets left. Booth is the next attrac
ton, with Carleton at his heels earle
ton and his company are great favorite!
here, and no doubt the Theatre will b.
packed each night. The management
of the Salt Lake Theatre has changed
hands. II. B. Clawson has the sole
management and his son Will preside:
at the box-office, making a good team
Salt Lake Correspondent of San Fran
cisco Music and Drama.
Shakespeare, who thought of every
thing, did not overlook the ocean yacht
race. The Coronet, he says:
Hath bravely played her part in this,
And doth deserve Coronet of gold.
For Mr.. Colt and Captain Samuels he
has this consolation and advice:
Yield not thy neck
To Fortunes yoke; but let thy Dauntless
mind, -..
Still ride in triumph over all mischance
Detroit, which was very bad show
town until within year, has contrib
uted the following members to the pro-
fession: Lawrence Barrett (Lanigan)
cash boy in Jefferson avenue dry goods
store; Margaret Mather, news vender,
corner Woodward and Jefferson avenues !;
M. B. Curtis (Strelinger), from retail
store; John I. Sullivan; Miss Mae
Clark Mrs. Whitman); Minnie Mad
dern, daughter of Tom Davey, of the
Detroit Opera House; Miss Teuton,
school teacher; Nellie Cross, counter
clerk in Metcalf's; Maria Hilforde
(Fisherl; Agnes Huntington, really born
in Kalamazoo, but for many years a De-
troiter, Minnie Hewitt (Ypsilaniti), near
Detroit), and Ed Scoville, who married
the rich Miss Roosevelt. 1t is said that
Detroit is full of ameteurs, that Harry
shop in that town, and that George
Taylor was a salesman in Edison, Moore
& Co.'s dry goods store.
Mr.. John R. English, a wealthy young
man of Columbus, Ohio, has just mar
ried Miss Jessie Hatcher, the prima
donna of the McCaul Opera Company.
Young English was left 100000 by his
father, who was wealthy clothing dealer
OF Columbus. Miss Hatcher is an Ohio
girl II years OF age. She was born in
Cleveland. She made her debut as an
opera singer three years ago at the Casino
in New York.
Again is an engineer hoist with the
petard. Instead of Mrs. Brown elevating
the stage, the stage has elevated her
sky high.
Mrs. Brown Potter may have been a.
failure at the London Haymarket. but
the Prince of Wales acted splendidlv.
We predicted that Man and Wife would !
not suit Mrs. Brown Potter. She should |
have tried the Love Chase.
What member of the profession does |
not know poor old Frank Rea. who is no |
doubt the oldest actor in the world. The |
following story about Frank is too good to
be lost.
About Jour years ago Rea left Denver |
and took up his abode in New York.
He was too aged and old fashioned to
be any attraction on the stage, neverthe-
ess, managers and theatrical bureaus
we're kindly disposed toward him. and
lis ambition was strong as ever. He
vas sent at one time to play at Sunburv,
Pa, in the scrub company. After the
irst nights performance he strobe into
me of the saloons, and advanced to the
BAR with the inevitable precision and
intrepidity of Mary Queen of
lime on the counter, (all the money he
lad) he inquired in impressive tones.
Tell me my good sir, what will that buy ?
That will buy one glass of whisky or
wo glasses of beer.
The old actor looked searchingly into
rs companions face as if he hoped to
discover there some relief from the per-
lexity which surged in tumultuous bill
ows through his bosom. Then he (
eaved deep sigh, and turning again to
ne mercenary Ganymede, he said in the
basso voice of a seventeenth
entury tragedian: "That being the
ase, give US one glass of beer and half a
lass OF WHISKY!
PUGILISTIC.
Tug Wilson must have given yem
NTH tip during the latter's visit to
eicester, for Smith gave up all expecta-
ons of visiting the United States and
onquering Sullivan. If Smith did not
It pointer from Tug Wilson probably O
If Greenfield informed Smith at the @
lbilee at London that Sullivan could a
ut him to sleep, and that is why he v
oaDdoned his trip to America. D
1t may surprise the great leviathan n
citing men behind Jem Smith to know A
lat John L. Sullivan can be matched S
yainst Jem Smith, the English cham I
on, for $40, 900 side, and one-half of a
at amount will be furnished for Sdlli- p
IN by Richard K. Fox, while Pat !
needy will find the balance. If $40 900